#8537BE#8537BE

#8537BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.203 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8537BE
RGB	rgb(133, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.31, 56.33, -57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.31, 80.18, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% 0.1218 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.203 307)
XYZ	xyz(20.3313, 11.4369, 49.8417)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8537BE #70BE37

analogous

#4237BE #8537BE #BE37B3

triadic

#8537BE #BE8537 #37BE85

tetradic

#8537BE #BE4237 #70BE37 #37B3BE

square

#8537BE #BE4237 #70BE37 #37B3BE

split-complementary

#8537BE #B3BE37 #37BE42

monochromatic

#431C5F #64298F #8537BE #A261D1 #BE90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#8537BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8537BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8537BE

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8537BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8537BE	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0560BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B5677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8537be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.203 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad74d2',
    500: '#8537be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8537be;
$custom-light: #ad74d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8537be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51041,
    "c": 0.20265,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.11437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8537BE

secondary

#A3CA87

accent

#DE4988

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8537BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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